The Martian
Directed by Ridley Scott
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. From TMDB
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Viewers praise the film as entertaining and scientifically engaging. [1][2] Some note it is predictable and contains Hollywood clichés. [1][3] Many appreciate the hopeful tone and strong performances. [4][5][6]
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This is a movie that I have to say that I have a bit of a difficulty in rating. Quite honestly I was sorely tempted to remove a star, or even two stars. Why? Because it is full of Hollywood nonsense, scientific errors, it is rather predictable and it did feel a bit like a Apollo 13 rip-off. Why did I not remove those stars? Well, it is rather entertaining even if, at times, I squirmed in my seat. The movie starts of …
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I feel like this science fiction movie was a stunning achievement, for at least a couple of reasons. Firstly, for much of the time it is a one man show, and that can be risky in a feature length film. It worked with acclaimed actors Tom Hanks in Cast Away, and with Robert Redford in All is Lost, but could it work with Matt Damon in a sci-fi flick? Well, I answer that question with a resounding ‘yes.’ The movie does …
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Realistic account of trying to survive on Mars while awaiting rescue In 2035 an astronaut (Matt Damon) gets stuck on Mars after he is presumed dead and his team departs without him. When NASA eventually finds out that he’s alive & well they have to find a way to save him. But can he survive for the next couple of years until they arrive? Jeff Daniels plays the director of NASA while Jessica Chastain plays the leader …
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This is a movie following the lead started with Gravity with the human main character fighting for survival in space. The plot has a good combination of suspense, action, humor and drama. Damon performs well and the rest of the cast does a good job and has been well chosen. It is not a magnificent movie but it is good enough to fill a couple of hours of entertainment.
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Review contains spoilers --- You have been warned. --- One of the movies I just can't stop rewatching because of how good I think it is, the movie contains facts that can excite a wide array of audience, since it tackles many categories from action to adventure to science and astrophysics, the movie has most if not many elements related to one of these categories, if you are even slightly interested in any of those …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 384 critics gave the film a positive review and the average rating was 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus read, "Smart, thrilling, and surprisingly funny, The Martian offers a faithful adaptation of the bestselling book that brings out the best in leading man Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100 based on 46 critics indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an average 4.5 out of 5 and a 66% "definite recommend". Audience…
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60 of 284 · most liked firstProject Hail Mary was enjoyable, though I think I’d personally rate The Martian as a bit better. Ryan Gosling absolutely carried the movie though, and the visual spectacle was top notch. I give it 8 reluctant heroes out of 10 fist my bumps.
positive · AI labelView post →Dariusz Wolski is the cinematographer for Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' film 🧟♂️ Past projects include: • Pirates of the Caribbean • Prometheus • The Martian • The Crow (1994)
neutral · AI labelView post →I know this is a minor issue among his overall bigotry and derangement, but: as far as I remember, The Martian movie gives us no indication whatsoever about the protagonist's sexuality. That weirdo reads him as straight because he assumes all gay men always act like they're on Drag Race.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies in which many lives and/or great fortunes are risked/lost to BRING MATT DAMON HOME: • Saving Private Ryan (1998) • The Martian (2015) • The Odyssey (2006) Movie in which both lives and fortunes are (secretly) threatened *by* Matt Damon to bring Matt Damon home: • Interstellar (2014)
neutral · AI labelView post →Got the kids to watch "The Martian". "Wow mum, that was a space film that was actually good!" Huh? "You know - real. Not just full of aliens... or Thor."
positive · AI labelView post →The Martian is such a comforting movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I love this movie and think it's one of the (if not the) best adaptations of the book. The Martian warships are incredibly cool and menacing.
positive · AI labelView post →"U Are the Universe" (2024) If you’re looking for a great sci-fi indie movie with the vibe of Moon or The Martian, check this one out. I haven’t enjoyed a movie this much since The Martian for sure #movies #indiemovie #scifi #sci-fi #UAreTheUniverse
neutral · AI labelView post →watched THE MARTIAN again, great movie - it's inspiring to see smart, competent people solving problems.
positive · AI labelView post →Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor, poet, and football player Bernie Casey, born today in 1939. He has had a number of fandom appearances including in the movie Gargoyles, The Martian Chronicles, Star Trek: DS9, Babylon 5, SeaQuest 2032, and Time Trax. #BernieCasey
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 30 November 1937, film director Ridley Scott is hailed as a master of his craft and his movies are known for their visual style and intricate details. Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and The Martian are some of his acclaimed and successful films. #RidleyScott
neutral · AI labelView post →I still haven't seen PHM, but one of the things that struck me hardest about watching The Martian when it came out was how long it had been since I'd seen a movie where nobody in it was Evil.
positive · AI labelView post →*pinches bridge of nose* Just saw someone make the ‘lock Matt Damon in his house* joke with an AI montage of posters for Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar, The Martian and The Odyssey. An AI montage Rather than movie posters THAT EXIST. AND ARE REAL.
neutral · AI labelView post →we’re doing our next GOOD MOVIE Watch-Along tomorrow movie: The Martian time: 8pm EST we all click play (it’s on netflix) and then make jokes and argue and whatnot in the designated chat room the previous watch-along were super fun i hope you join us for this one
neutral · AI labelView post →They made the Martian and Project Hail Mary, but are there any plans to make a film of Artemis? Project Hail Mary is an amazing read, by the way. I love Andy Weir.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok I want to do a “Dudes Rock” movie marathon. So far I have Godzilla Minus One and The Martian. What else?
neutral · AI labelView post →People forget all too readily that Andy Weir self-published The Martian *before* he was offered a trad deal. That was adapted into a film starring Matt Damon. The book and the film, are great. And he published it - for free - on his website before releasing it as an ebook.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright I’ve got a sick 10 year old, what’s a good family movie we haven’t seen one million times — comps: Wall-e, Mitchells vs machines, Ghostbusters, the Martian, flight of the navigator
neutral · AI labelView post →GET READY --> Bugs Bunny is February's #SOTM! Bugs will appear every night, M-F the first week of February: three Bugs shorts, followed by a film, followed by three more Bugs shorts co-starring... M: Elmer Fudd T: Yosemite Sam W: Marvin the Martian R: Wile E. Coyote F: Daffy Duck #TCMParty ^JW
neutral · AI labelView post →Red Planet is a better movie but its own kind of mess. Better Mars movies: Robinson Crusoe on Mars, The Martian, Quatermass and the Pit (though it's on Earth), John Carter
neutral · AI labelView post →Everybody talks about The Odyssey being another "bring Matt Damon home" movie in the tradition of Saving Private Ryan and The Martian. But they forget about when he was lost in China fighting aliens on the Great Wall.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some Cronenberg elements remained in the final film, including (maybe unsurprisingly for Cronenberg) the Martian mutants and the idea of the rebel leader, Kuato. 6/47
neutral · AI labelView post →THE MARTIAN: I love how it’s Ridley Scott’s Anti-ALIEN. A hopeful, smart, graceful film, and you know that it’s Ridley’s movie for his brother Tony. It helps that Drew Goddard’s script is so funny and emotional. And of course, probably in the top 3 best Matt Damon performances.
positive · AI labelView post →Got to admit, when I heard this movie had an alien invasion plot, I was hoping for a Marvin the Martian appearance, but nah, he couldn’t be in this. This plot required competence.
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine the movie “the Martian” but instead of a scientist it’s just Elon perishing within 90 minutes because his hat won’t fit in the helmet
neutral · AI labelView post →getting high and watching The Martian tonight not the movie, i'm just going to be staring at a jpg of Marvin the Martian that fucky little gremlin. bet his dick is HUGE, look at the size of those feet.
neutral · AI labelView post →Been thinking about how well “Project Hail Mary”—the book even more than the movie which is also excellent—really demonstrates this attitude of “work the problem”. As did “The Martian” before it.
neutral · AI labelView post →The most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate movie of a solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface - in 2020. Phobos is slowly drifting toward Mars. Tens of millions of years from now it will crash land.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you liked the movie, then much like the Martian, damn are you in for a treat if you pick up the book.
neutral · AI labelView post →Going into IMAX space for a Lord and Miller movie. I liked The Martian enough and am craving something slightly more fantastical given the state of global news, so looking forward to rock buddy.
neutral · AI labelView post →the watch-along for The Martian was so much fun it’s such a nice experience to feel like you’re watching a movie with a couple dozen really funny and smart people 🥹🥹🥹 over 1,400 comments!!! 😭😭😭😭
positive · AI labelView post →Movie Frame Study for Shar, ref frame is from The Martian, it's from 2022, thank you for checking it out ^^
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hey, remember the heroes of that movie The Martian, their real-life analogues are all getting canned because of Trump
neutral · AI labelView post →Farscape, Pacific Rim, Aliens, The Expanse. More recently, The Martian, Godzilla, and Godzilla: King of Monsters. Tbh, Aliens is my go-to movie whenever I'm having a shit day.
neutral · AI labelView post →Consider me a fan of Lord and Miller's PROJECT HAIL MARY, a film that evokes the best parts of STAR TREK. My review of a film with wit, wisdom, and a lot of distracting familiarities to THE MARTIAN, is at @thewrap.com!
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing to work through my ever growing "must watch" list. Tonight it's time for The Martian. A movie me and my partner wanted to see when it came out, which was.... 10 years ago!? #nowwatching #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Martian (2011) by Andy Weir was adapted to film (2015) by Ridley Scott. Changes are made for the film shifting to more action, less science info, & not making use of flashbacks as the novel does. Despite this, generally viewed as a faithful adaptation. 🚀👨🚀🥔 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →A terrific British movie poster for 1953’s The War Of The World, showing Los Angeles falling to the death rays of the Martian invaders.
neutral · AI labelView post →Project Hail Mary is a funny one because by all rights I should hate it (and I disliked The Martian) but had a real good time with it. (Books, I mean. Haven’t seen either movie.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Fantastic movie! Liked it even more than The Martian. I think Grace and Rocky’s friendship really elevates it. Rocky is so cute 🥹
neutral · AI labelView post →Warner Bros is selling 10 “fully functional” Hermes Spacecraft from Ridley Scott's ‘The Martian’ film Each is priced at $3M.
neutral · AI labelView post →This film cost 11 times less than The Martian. The entire budget is visible on screen in Ridley's film, ofc, but the Last Days team managed to triple their budget through magic... and talent. If the script had been polished, it would be among my favorite Mars movies. Don't care if it's derivative.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Gosling blasts off into space in the first trailer for Project Hail Mary. The sci-fi film comes to us from #SpiderVerse creators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, along with The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard. Watch it now: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Martian for the first time 🎞 A truly fantastic film! Really loved it, and was pretty dang invested throughout Between this and Project Hail Mary, I now have the mission to read a bunch of Andy Weir's books 😂 Totally recommend!
positive · AI labelView post →Also, the sound effects in the movie are amazing. The noises build and build and then goes deadly quiet when the Martian ship crashes at the end. #svengoolie
positive · AI labelView post →The Martian is such a perfect movie, there’s just one moment that bugs me and I wish I could cut out. Jeff Daniels says, “84 days with only 96 days of food. I hate this margin, and that’s if nothing goes wrong.” The next scene is everything going wrong. I hate that it’s so obviously broadcast.
neutral · AI labelView post →Did not expect DOG STARS to be Ridley's Miyazaki movie. There's about 10 minutes in the third act that should be completely tossed out, otherwise his best since THE MARTIAN.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Martian was a C+ movie, sorry. It was Gravity with no evident stakes
negative · AI labelView post →The Martian except instead of a film adaptation of a novel it’s a found footage documentary and instead of Matt Damon it’s Elon Musk.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think The Martian, book and movie, did a pretty good job of selling how bad Mars sucks
neutral · AI labelView post →I fucking hate when studios are clearly spooked that they're not gonna make it into Drama so they just move to Musical or Comedy when the movie isn't a musical or a comedy. Fox did it with The Martian, Universal did it with Get Out, and now this. Coward, just submit it for Drama.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Project Hail Mary. Incredible movie. I haven't read the book, but I've enjoyed some of Andy Weir's previous novels, like The Martian and Artemis.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a scientist, but I only get offended by movie science if it's really egregious. I'm fine with Jurassic Park (the dinosaur blood in amber won't work, sorry) or The Martian (realistically, Watney would've died several times over) but get upset when a film like Prometheus spouts total gibberish.
neutral · AI labelView post →-Total Recall (1990) -Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) -The Martian (2015) -The War of the Worlds (1953)
neutral · AI labelView post →NW: The Martian We upgraded to a 4K projector yesterday, and it's my turn to pick for family movie night! First time watch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Needs an astronaut movie of some kind, whether it's The Martian or Apollo 13.
neutral · AI labelView post →Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater The scenes on the Martian surface were definitely too much for lil Grim. I literally watched them with my hands over my eyes
neutral · AI labelView post →I will stand by this: The Martian - I suggest the movie over the book though both are great. The movie is just so solid and the music helps and the story cuts out a few bits that, while good in the book, make things flow better overall for the story and really create a great cohesive whole. BUT!
positive · AI labelView post →I adore that movie! I even dressed as the Martian Ambassador for Halloween!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Martian est en réalité un film à propos d'un humain. Par ailleurs l'action se déroule sur plusieurs saisons et n'a rien à voir avec le mois de mars.
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